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Here's the story. Pala got this knife from the grandson of a former Prime Minister of Nepal. When he was on active duty some 100 + years ago this knife was presented to the Prime Minister by HMG . The khukuri has been certified as being 100 + years old by HMG Archeological Society and bears the seal to this effect. The seal is visible in photo, placed on piece of newsprint and tied with red plastic wrap. I can get the name of the Prime Minister if desired.
The khukuri is ivory handled and silver mounted. There is a small half inch crack in the handle at bolster on left side. The blade is in such excellent condition I questioned the age of 100 + years but there are a couple of very minor rust spots which indicate a little age and the cho is definitely of earlier manufacture. The cho of today does not look like this. There is a small hairline fracture in the blade near the tip but overall this is an excellent khukuri.
The chakma is ivory handled and it looks 100 years or more. My guess is the steel is of poorer quality than the big blade. The karda has been rehandled in bone but the blade appears to the in the 100 + year category. Both are well done.
Khukuri specs are:
length -- 14 inches
width -- 1 & 3/4
thickness -- 1/4 inch
weight -- 1 lb.
hardness -- excellent
The original scabbard was in shambles, rotten and bug ridden so Pala had the sarkis manufacture a new scabbard and military style frog for the rig.
If you are interested email me an offer. If no offers come in or the offers are not substantial the knife ends up under the bed to keep company with the dust bunnys and we can all see it when we have our Khukuri Kunvention.
Due to customs hassles this knife cannot be shipped outside the US. Sorry, Harry, Will, Julian, Andrea, Damian and others.
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